ANTONIO RIBAS OLIVER (Palma de Mallorca, 1845 - 1911). "Girl hanging out the clothes". Oil on panel.

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  ANTONIO RIBAS OLIVER (Palma de Mallorca, 1845 - 1911). "Girl hanging out the clothes". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner. Measures: 22,5 x 14,5 cm; 29,5 x 22 cm (frame). The work that occupies us reflects the mastery of the luminism of Ribas Oliver. In it, a young girl tends the recently washed clothes under the hot Mediterranean sun, a scene of the daily life that demonstrates the beauty of the daily thing. The young girl, humble and proud, indifferent even to our gaze, is captured with a poetic accent that transcends the simple representation of the natural. The costumbrista was, together with the landscape, one of Oliver's favorite themes, always treated from a naturalistic but somewhat idealized point of view. Antonio Ribas began his artistic studies at the age of nine at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palma de Mallorca. This speaks of an early vocation, which was undoubtedly encouraged by his parents. He finished his studies in 1861, and his work began to be recognized, after having obtained numerous prizes and mentions at the Academy, in the Antique Class. In 1864 he traveled to Madrid as a boarder, where he studied and copied the works of the Prado masters. His attention was especially drawn to Velázquez, the undisputed leader of his generation. In 1868 he was given his first official position, as scenographic painter of the Teatro Príncipe de Asturias, while at the same time he dedicated himself to teaching. In 1872 he obtained the position of professor of landscape and perspective at the Academy, and in 1875 he became an Academician. He was a founding member, in 1876, of the Society for the Promotion of Painting and Sculpture, which regularly held exhibitions of its members and young painters. In 1878 he took part in the Universal Exhibition in Paris, and during his stay in the French capital he frequented museums and salons. In 1907 he was appointed curator of the Provincial Museum of Painting. Works of Ribas are conserved in the Museum of Son Marroig and in the Provincial of Palma de Mallorca. Ribas was dedicated fundamentally to the landscape, from a naturalistic slope but somewhat idealized.
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